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subordination of literature to official politics was enforced." Huang argues that even though the authors from 1949-1976 were mainly in Taiwan, the time period 1949-1976 was relevant to the Mainland and not Taiwan, and he argued that the exclusion of the Mainland works "only adds to the inadequacy of their overall "historical scheme"". He also stated that not including Communist literature during the 1949-1976 period results in "a disruption in the anthology's implied historical presentation, and therefore, undermines to a degree its comprehensiveness" and that this is the case "ven if one agrees with the editors that the literature produced in China during this period generally lacks genuine literary appeal". McDougall argued that by omitting almost all Mainland authors from 1949 to 1976, "readers are deprived of flawed but nevertheless compelling examples of political fiction struggling to make sense of drastic social change."
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Fisac wrote that "No doubt, the authority of this volume relies to a large extent on the distinguished previous work done by Professors Lau and Goldblatt, and on the work of the many other good translators who are represented here." She also stated that she would have wanted to see a list of original
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argued that the book uses the Taiwanese authors of 1949-1976 "as the truly significant contributors to the Chinese literary canon during that time" and ""alternative worlds" to the asphyxiating political atmosphere for creative writing that prevailed during the Maoist era on the mainland, when the
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The anthology divides its works into fiction, poetry, and essays, and within each division sub-divides the works into 1918–1949, 1949–1976, and "since 1976" time periods. The works made in 1918-1949 focus on Mainland China, while those from 1949 to 1976 focus on Taiwan. The sole works from 1949 to
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This anthology includes works from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and also Chinese-speaking authors of other places, originally published in Chinese between 1918 and 1992. The works include poetry, essays, and fiction, with most fiction being short stories. Novels and drama pieces were too
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McDougall argued that the book was "a very worthwhile endeavour"; she congratulated the authors and press and stated that "We should all welcome the appearance of this anthology, and if we have ourselves an alternative vision of what constitutes Chinese literature this century it is up to us to
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Huang concluded that the book "will be indispensable to any student of Chinese literature" and he believed it would "become a very popular textbook for classes on modern China and modern Chinese literature for many years to come." Huang stated that he wished that there would be "relevant
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stated that in the original edition of the book's introduction and biographies, there is incorrect information, "especially dates," present in the factual material, but that "it must be stressed" that the errors in the factual information "are few in number."
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wrote that despite the omission of drama and novels, this was the first single book in which one is "able to read in English some of the most representative works in major genres written by modern Chinese writers and enjoy a relatively complete picture".
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McDougall, p. 654. "The editors claim two special innovations: its broad geographic spread, with works by authors from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan (and even outside these areas), and the inclusion of essays along with fiction and
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references in order to check accuracies of translations an appendix listing the names of authors and original Chinese titles in order to aid translation studies.
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The anthology presents accompanying biographies of poets and writers before presenting the actual works. Bonnie S. McDougall of
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praised how the book collected multiple translations into a single book, and how they were of a "high" quality of translation.
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long, and therefore were not included. These works would be classified by Chinese literary critics as being
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McDougall, Bonnie S. "The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature" (book review).
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In regards to works in the pre-1949 period, the book contains essays including those from
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era, and it includes works of twelve Taiwanese poets published in a period of 27 years.
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of Chinese literature edited by Joseph S. M. Lau and Howard Goldblatt and published by
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bibliographical information" since the work's intended use is that of a textbook.
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1995 anthology edited by Joseph S. M. Lau and Howard Goldblatt
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Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry
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1976 produced in Mainland China were two poems written by
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Index

anthology
Columbia University
dangdai
xiandai
University of California, Irvine
The China Quarterly
Mu Dan
World War II
Lin Yutang
Zhou Zuoren
Ai Qing
Xu Zhimo
Ba Jin
Lu Xun
Autonomous University of Madrid
xianfeng
avant garde
Can Xue
Yu Hua
Li Ang
Tie Ning
Xi Xi
Bei Dao
Shu Ting
University of Arizona
Autonomous University of Madrid
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature
China Review International
ISSN
1527-9367

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